Last night, one of my very favorite besties (Michelle!) came over for a LONG overdue girls' night. I'm talking we haven't seen each other since June. We decided the best choice would be wine, carbs and chick flicks.
SO, I made potato soup and brownies. She brought a fantastic baguette and bread bowls from Panera. I bought the wine. She brought a sample of her extensive movie collection.
And then we proceeded to watch Jimmy Fallon videos on YouTube because...priorities! And after catching up on lip sync battles, we watched Jimmy Fallon and Bradley Cooper just LOSE it for 10 minutes while attempting to do an interview about Bradley Cooper's broadway show...while wearing visors with fake hair on top. It's never NOT funny. If you haven't seen it, watch it. STAT!
We watched "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton, Lauren Graham, Piper Perabo, and Mandy Moore. Originally, our intention was to watch this because we both think the guy who plays Ethan on "Something Borrowed" is adorable, and Michelle convinced me he was in it. Until the opening scene when she said, "Uh, I don't think Ethan's in this movie after all." But do you know who IS in that movie?
Stuart. And I am Stuart. If you've seen it, you'll get it. And if you haven't, watch it and picture me as a female version of Stuart (minus the whole need for therapy). Or, maybe that's what I'm missing.
Hmmmmm...
After that, we decided a good, ugly cry was in order, so we switched to "The Good Life" with Reese Witherspoon. At this point, we'd had a couple of delightful concoctions: Simply Tropical Fruit (It's NEW!) with Cake Vodka (Oh. Wow. Delicious.) followed by some Sauvignon blanc. Then we added peach schnapps just to make it fun. It was so fun.
But "The Good Life," y'all? Utterly depressing. Reese looks fantastic as a brunette, but other than that, it wasn't even a cry-worthy depressing. Until the end. To lighten the Debbie Downer mood imposed upon us, I busted out with tribal singing/chanting when a scene popped up mimicking the opening scene from "The Lion King."
There were tears of laughter then. And each time after that, one or both of us would say, "Everything the light touches is our kingdom." or some other Lion King quote. It made the movie bearable.
And so, when it was over, we were shocked to discover that it was 2 a.m. and we were both awake and going strong. Girl time was good for my soul. It's the SOLE blue event on my calendar this month. I have a color-coded calendar because I'm not at all anal.
Each class I'm taking the semester has a color. Weekly schedules have a color. Substitute jobs and babysitting or other similar jobs have a color. Baseball has a color. School stuff for the boys (days off, events, etc.) has a color. Relay for Life has a color. Fun stuff has a color, but that color is totally mistreated. My calendar is a rainbow with 10 different colors. And I need a little more blue in my life.
Don't we all need a little more "blue" in our lives? I mean...one blue event a month?
That's just pathetic, y'all. Time to branch out!
Aubs
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